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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [pesёdhjetёegjashtё]	Ndjenjat

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The language of our ancestors

Modern languages can be analyzed by linguists. Various methods are used to do so. But how did people speak thousands of years ago? It is much more difficult to answer this question. Despite this, scientists have been busy researching for years. They would like to explore how people spoke earlier. In order to do this, they attempt to reconstruct ancient speech forms. American scientists have now made an exciting discovery. They analyzed more than 2,000 languages. In particular they analyzed the sentence structure of the languages. The results of their study were very interesting. About half of the languages had the S-O-V sentence structure. That is to say, the sentences are ordered by subject, object and verb. More than 700 languages follow the pattern S-V-O. And about 160 languages operate according to the V-S-O system. Only about 40 languages use the V-O-S pattern. 120 languages display a hybrid. On the other hand, O-V-S and O-S-V are distinctly rarer systems. The majority of the analyzed languages use the S-O-V principle. Persian, Japanese and Turkish are some examples. Most living languages follow the S-V-O pattern, however. This sentence structure dominates the Indo-European language family today. Researchers believe that the S-O-V model was used earlier. All languages are based on this system. But then the languages diverged. We don't yet know how that happened. However, the variation of sentence structures must have had a reason. Because in evolution, only that which has an advantage prevails…

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to feel like / want to	K_m q_j_ Kam qejf K__ q___ Kam qejf ___ ____ Kam qejf
We feel like. / We want to.	N_ k_m_ q_j_. Ne kemi qejf. N_ k___ q____ Ne kemi qejf. __ ____ _____ Ne kemi qejf.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	S_k_m_ q_j_. S’kemi qejf. S_____ q____ S’kemi qejf. ______ _____ S’kemi qejf.

to be afraid	T_ k_s_ f_i_ё Tё kesh frikё T_ k___ f____ Tё kesh frikё __ ____ _____ Tё kesh frikё
I’m afraid.	K_m f_i_ё_ Kam frikё. K__ f_____ Kam frikё. ___ ______ Kam frikё.
I am not afraid.	N_k k_m f_i_ё_ Nuk kam frikё. N__ k__ f_____ Nuk kam frikё. ___ ___ ______ Nuk kam frikё.

to have time	T_ k_s_ k_h_. Tё kesh kohё. T_ k___ k____ Tё kesh kohё. __ ____ _____ Tё kesh kohё.
He has time.	A_ k_ k_h_. Ai ka kohё. A_ k_ k____ Ai ka kohё. __ __ _____ Ai ka kohё.
He has no time.	A_ s_k_ k_h_. Ai s’ka kohё. A_ s___ k____ Ai s’ka kohё. __ ____ _____ Ai s’ka kohё.

to be bored	T_ j_s_ i m_r_i_u_ Tё jesh i mёrzitur T_ j___ i m_______ Tё jesh i mёrzitur __ ____ _ ________ Tё jesh i mёrzitur
She is bored.	A_o ё_h_ё e m_r_i_u_. Ajo ёshtё e mёrzitur. A__ ё____ e m________ Ajo ёshtё e mёrzitur. ___ _____ _ _________ Ajo ёshtё e mёrzitur.
She is not bored.	A_o n_k ё_h_ё e m_r_i_u_. Ajo nuk ёshtё e mёrzitur. A__ n__ ё____ e m________ Ajo nuk ёshtё e mёrzitur. ___ ___ _____ _ _________ Ajo nuk ёshtё e mёrzitur.

to be hungry	T_ k_s_ u_i_ Tё kesh uri. T_ k___ u___ Tё kesh uri. __ ____ ____ Tё kesh uri.
Are you hungry?	A k_n_ u_i_ A keni uri? A k___ u___ A keni uri? _ ____ ____ A keni uri?
Aren’t you hungry?	N_k k_n_ u_i_ Nuk keni uri? N__ k___ u___ Nuk keni uri? ___ ____ ____ Nuk keni uri?

to be thirsty	K_m e_j_. Kam etje. K__ e____ Kam etje. ___ _____ Kam etje.
They are thirsty.	J_ k_n_ e_j_. Ju keni etje. J_ k___ e____ Ju keni etje. __ ____ _____ Ju keni etje.
They are not thirsty.	J_ n_k k_n_ e_j_. Ju nuk keni etje. J_ n__ k___ e____ Ju nuk keni etje. __ ___ ____ _____ Ju nuk keni etje.

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